Bah. I just barely got into the Imager series.
Stop pushing crack in my direction. I’ve more to accomplish than hours in the day. And you’re not helping!
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(I kid. Kind of.)
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It was a pleasant experience to encounter politics in a fictional setting without a massacre of strawmen, and the damning of half the potential audience.
Refreshing, even.

That’s because it’s not partisan. It’s also nice to see characters outside a fantasy setting take honor seriously as a concept, and then maintain that stance even in the face of severe military, professional, and personal temptations that might well break most of us.